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[–] 8 points 4 months ago

That's a tough line to draw; it's different for everyone.

In the US, it used to go:

  • Parents buy kids stuff
  • Kids start buying their own, but can't afford what they want to they bootleg
  • Kids get decent-paying jobs that make the time needed to bootleg a bad equation.
  • Kids become parents

But the coming and going of cheap music, streaming music, cheap video, and expensive video has wrecked the market.

I stopped pirating when purchasing music became cheap (apple music)

I started again when catalogs weren't what I wanted. And supported artists directly.

I stopped video piracy when Netflix was cheap and good and started again when they sucked.

If you can bring me long-form entertainment that I enjoy and own for less than a meal out, I'll buy it.

If you can bring me short-form entertainment that I can re-partake hundreds of times for less than a snack, I'll buy it.

If I can't buy it, or it encroaches on my other comforts, that's where the line is for me

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